Index

Peter Woolliams (Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge, UK)
Fons Trompenaars (Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Consulting, The Netherlands)

New Approaches to Flexible Working

ISBN: 978-1-83549-523-0, eISBN: 978-1-83549-520-9

Publication date: 10 June 2024

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Woolliams, P. and Trompenaars, F. (2024), "Index", New Approaches to Flexible Working, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 99-103. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-520-920241031

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Copyright © 2024 Peter Woolliams and Fons Trompenaars


INDEX

Access to resources
, 74

Achievement (what you achieve)–ascription (who you are) dimension
, 92–94

Achievement motivation theory
, 27

Activity-based working
, 16

Adaptability
, 59

African countries, flexible working in
, 68–69

Annualised hours
, 50

Australia, flexible working in
, 69

Autonomy
, 46

Better Ways of Working (BWOW)
, 15–16

Border theory
, 78

Born digital
, 21

‘Bossware’
, 56

Burnout
, 29

Career progression
, 45

China, flexible working in
, 66–67

Coal miners
, 8

Collaborative work
, 74

Collateral changes
, 51–52

Commercial organisations
, 36

Communications
, 37

skills
, 59

styles
, 63

tools
, 57

Company culture
, 74

Compatibility issues
, 54

Competing demands
, 79–82, 100

Compressed workweek
, 49

Conflict model
, 78

Construction workers
, 61

Control, lack of
, 54

Corporate culture
, 17

Corporations
, 6

Correlation statistics, limitations of
, 71–72

Corridor effect
, 29–30

Corridor effect
, 45

Covid-19
, 1

lockdowns
, 37

pandemic
, 8, 48, 67

Cultural differences
, 63

country trends
, 69–70

days working at home/in office
, 64–66

general impact of culture
, 63–64

Culture, general impact of
, 63–64

Data privacy concerns
, 54

Days working at home/in office
, 64–66

Development mode
, 7

Diagnostic questionnaires
, 16

Dictums
, 2

Diligence
, 59–60

Disrupted sleep patterns
, 13

Diversification of freelance work
, 48

Diversity
, 20–21

‘Do’s and Don’ts’ model
, 76–77

Early research
, 16

partnership with Vodafone UK
, 15–17

Emergency responders
, 61

Employees
, 1

burnout
, 13

monitoring software
, 57

new generations of
, 19–20

well-being
, 45

Employers
, 1, 73

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill 2022
, 73

Entrepreneurial spirit
, 21

Environmental consciousness
, 21

European Union (EU)
, 48

Evidence-led framework
, 1–2

Face-to-face meetings
, 2

Fair Work Act 2009
, 69

Feedback

comments
, 39–40

profiles
, 38

Financial opportunities
, 46

Fiverr
, 48–49

Flexibility
, 20, 28, 46

Flexible benefits and policies
, 100

Flexible hours
, 49

Flexible working
, 14, 31–32, 45

advantages of working from home
, 41–42

app
, 35

arrangements
, 15, 45

competing demands
, 79–82

database
, 38

diligence
, 59–60

disadvantages of working from home
, 42

example recommendations
, 41

feedback comments
, 39–40

four-dimensional model
, 35–37

gap in knowledge
, 73–74

higher rates
, 71

historical trends
, 11–13

integration model
, 78–79

jobs
, 61–62

keystroke activity
, 57–58

lower rates
, 70–71

national differences
, 66–69

new body of knowledge required
, 76–77

people in employment with flexible working patterns
, 12

personality types
, 58–59

shift work
, 13–14

software to monitor
, 56–57

staff to return to office
, 75–76

through-through thinking
, 82–83

vigilance decrement
, 60–61

work-life balance
, 77–78

Flexitime
, 49

Formal norms
, 19

Four-dimensional model
, 35–37

Freelance working
, 48–49

Freelancer.com
, 48–49

Future ways of working
, 99–100

Generation Z
, 21

members
, 22

resigned from job
, 23–25

Generational values
, 21–23

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
, 67

flexible working in
, 67–68

Hawthorne Effect
, 11

Hawthorne Works
, 11

Health insurance
, 48

Health problems, increased risk of
, 13

Health-care professionals
, 61

Hotel and restaurants/catering hospitality
, 61

House of Commons
, 1

Human Relations School
, 11

Hybrid work arrangements
, 99

Ideal working practice
, 35

Inclusion
, 20

Independence
, 46, 59

Individual–group dimension
, 86–87

Individualism
, 87

Individuality
, 21

Informal norms
, 19

Information technology (IT)
, 37, 53, 83, 91

acceleration of IT developments
, 53–54

remote video meetings
, 55–56

Institute of Economic Research (IFO)
, 64

Instrumental model
, 78

Integration model
, 78–79

Interactive App
, 35

Internal (take control)–external (go with the flow) dimension
, 96–97

Jobs
, 61–62

characteristics
, 27

demands–control model
, 27

enlargement
, 12

enrichment
, 12

holder
, 7–8

job-hiring environment
, 20

life cycle
, 7–8

loss or dissatisfaction
, 47

promotion rates
, 45

rotation
, 12

satisfaction
, 12, 29, 45

sharing
, 50

Key jangling
, 58

Keystroke activity
, 57–58

Legal and regulatory frameworks
, 63

Local Government Association (LGA)
, 2

Lyft
, 47

Management style
, 74

Manufacturing and production workers
, 61

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
, 8

Mechanical diggers
, 9

Mental health
, 20

Meta-level dilemmas
, 85

achievement (what you achieve)–ascription (who you are) dimension
, 92–94

individual–group dimension
, 86–87

internal (take control)–external (go with the flow) dimension
, 96–97

neutral (emotions concealed)–affective (emotions displayed) dimension
, 90–92

specific (low involvement)–diffuse (high involvement) dimension
, 88–90

time orientation
, 95

universalism (rules)–particularism dimension
, 85–86

Mobile working
, 50

Modern-day shift work
, 13

Motivation–hygiene theory
, 12

National Employment Standards
, 69

Neutral (emotions concealed)–affective (emotions displayed) dimension
, 90–92

New generations of employees
, 19–20

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 83

Norms
, 19

Northern Rock
, 36

Office technology
, 6

Online platforms
, 48–49

Organisations
, 29

Overworking
, 28

Paperless office
, 6

Particularist societies
, 86

Passion
, 46

Perception
, 74

Performance mode
, 7

Personal growth
, 20

Personality types
, 58–59

PO model
, 76

Popularity
, 48

Positive behaviour
, 28

Pre-Covid-19
, 12

Presenteeism
, 28–29

Presenteeism
, 45

Productivity gain
, 11

Professional growth
, 20

Project management software
, 57

Purpose-driven work
, 20

Quality of life (QOL)
, 31

Quality Time
, 79

Questionnaires
, 16

Reconciliation
, 89

Remote communication
, 63

Remote meetings
, 2

Remote video meetings
, 55–56

Remote work
, 49

Repair and maintenance costs
, 54

Result-based performance management
, 16

Retail workers
, 61

Retirement benefits
, 48

Retirement mode
, 7

Russia, flexible working in
, 67

Safety risks
, 13

Scientific Management
, 11

Security concerns
, 74

Security risks
, 54

Segmentation model
, 78

Self-actualisation
, 8

Self-care, prioritising
, 28

Self-employment
, 46

issues of flexible working
, 46–48

rates
, 47–48

US trends
, 47

Self-motivation
, 58

Self-promotion
, 49

Setting boundaries
, 27

Setting goals
, 28

Shift swapping
, 50

Shift work
, 13–14

Social isolation
, 13

Socio-technical effect
, 8–9

Space
, 35

Specific (low involvement)–diffuse (high involvement) dimension
, 88–90

Spillover model
, 78

Staff
, 35

Surgical procedures
, 51

Taylorism
, 11

Technology
, 20, 35, 59

technology-enabled collaboration
, 15

Telechirics
, 50–51

Telecommuting
, (see Working from home (WFH))

Through-through thinking
, 82–83

Time management
, 59

Time orientation
, 95

Time tracking software
, 57

Triangulation
, 30

Trompenaars’ seven-dimensional model
, 64

Uber
, 47

UK Bank
, 43n2

UK local councils
, 1

Universalism (rules)–particularism dimension
, 85–86

Upwork
, 48–49

US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
, 47

US Resume Builder
, 22–23

Values
, 19

systems
, 21

Video meetings
, 56

Vigilance decrement
, 13, 60–61

Virtual collaboration tools
, 99

Virtual private networks (VPNs)
, 53, 93

Vodafone
, 35

partnership with
, 15–17

Well-being
, 20, 99

Work

culture
, 63

first impressions
, 5–6

job life cycle
, 7–8

socio-technical effect
, 8–9

Work-life balance
, 20, 27, 45, 63, 71, 77–78

contrasting responses
, 31–32

corridor effect
, 29–30

lack of
, 13

movement
, 27–28

presenteeism
, 28–29

respondents
, 30–33

Workers
, 11

Workforce

generation Z
, 23–25

generational values
, 21–23

generations in workplace
, 21

management technology
, 58

new generations of employees
, 19–20

Working app, ways of
, 35

Working from home (WFH)
, 31, 49–50

advantages
, 41–42

disadvantages
, 42

Workload
, 28

Workplaces
, 7, 63